The

SUBMITTED TO MR. JERICK A. ONG Everchanging

World
And how to cope up
Ivan Obias
UN Environmental Advocate
 Our Talk
Today

Topics We'll Cover

Environmental Change
Examples of Environmental
Changes
Facts and Figures
What can We Do Individually
Government effortss
What is
environmental
change?
Source: Wikipedia.org It is a change or disturbance of the
environment most often caused by
human influences and natural
ecological processes.
CLIMATE CHANGE WATER SCARCITY

EXAMPLE OF THESE
GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES INCLUDE:
EXHAUSTION OF
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
FISHERIES
 We are living in
the sixth mass
Did you
extinction.
know?
WITH A QUICK CALCULATION, THE IUCN
ESTABLISHED THAT THE EXTINCTION RATE
FOR THE PAST 500 YEARS IS 100 TIMES
HIGHER THAN USUAL, WHICH IS
IRREFUTABLE PROOF THAT WE ARE IN A
PROCESS OF MASS EXTINCTION.
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THE PLANET'S AVERAGE SURFACE
TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN ABOUT 1.18
DEGREES CELSIUS SINCE THE LATE 19TH
DNA STCAF
CENTURY.
:SERUGIF It is a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide
emissions into the atmosphere and other human activities.

GLOBAL SEA LEVEL ROSE ABOUT 8 INCHES (20

CENTIMETERS) IN THE LAST CENTURY.
The rate in the last two decades, however, is nearly double
that of the last century and accelerating slightly every year

GLACIERS ARE RETREATING ALMOST

EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.
including in the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska,
and Africa.
FRESHWATER
2.5%
Water Distribution
According to Food and Water Watch,
64% of bottled water is just tap water
sold for 2,000 times the price.

According to UNICEF, a lack of clean

water access leads to the deaths of 1.6
million kids each year.

More than 5 billion people will face

water shortages by 2050 if things
don’t change.

OCEAN WATER
97.5%
 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION, THE ACIDITY OF SURFACE OCEAN

What WATERS HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 30%

This increase is the result of humans emitting more carbon

causes
dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed
into the ocean.

the THE NUMBER OF OVERFISHED STOCKS GLOBALLY

HAS TRIPLED IN HALF A CENTURY
depletion Today fully one-third of the world's assessed fisheries are
currently pushed beyond their biological limits.

of
8 MILLION TONS OF WASTE ENTERS OUR OCEAN
fisheries? EVERY YEAR
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in
our oceans.
 WHAT DO WE
DO NOW?
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE TO PROTECT NATURE.
What can we do
individually?
 Eat for a
climate-stable
How?
planet
The decisions we make about food can
have a profound effect on the environment.
 Eat more meat-free
meals
Buy organic and local
whenever possible
Don’t waste food
Grow your own
 TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT

RIDE A BIKE

CAR-SHARE

Green your IF YOU HAVE A LARGE, INEFFICIENT

VEHICLE, RETIRE IT AND SWITCH
commute TO AN ELECTRIC OR PLUG-IN
HYBRID VEHICLE

FLY LESS
PRACTICE BORROWING
AND SHARING ITEMS

REPAIR INSTEAD
OF REPLACE REUSE

RETHINK THE ITEMS

YOU ALREADY HAVE
Alleviating its
effects
 Plant trees.
As trees grow, they help stop climate
change by removing carbon dioxide
from the air, storing carbon in the trees
and soil, and releasing oxygen into the
atmosphere. Trees provide many
benefits to us, every day. They offer
cooling shade, block cold winter winds,
attract birds and wildlife, purify our air,
prevent soil erosion, clean our water,
and add grace and beauty to our homes
and communities.
Get politically
active and
vote.
Vote for leaders at all levels of government
who take climate change seriously. They
should commit to setting science-based
targets to reduce harmful carbon emissions,
implementing clear plans to reach those
targets, adapting to climate change and
shifting to a clean-energy economy.
 Urge government to take
bold, ambitious climate
action now
As being one of the world's most
climate-vulnerable nation, we must
Ours is a finite pressure the government to pursue a
earth - let's be greener way of handling things, such
stewards of our as funding on renewable technology,
environment reducing plastic, and taking care of
our forests. We must pressure our
government to be true to its promise
on the Paris climate accord, and
create laws to protect and conserve
biodiversity
EARTH IS CREATED
FOR ALL OF US, NOT
FOR SOME OF US